“I Never Practiced. I Just Played.”
(Why That’s Not the Whole Story)
“I never practiced. I just played.” Pros and our heroes say this a lot. And they mean it. But it’s often not the whole story.
“I never practiced. I just played.” Pros and our heroes say this a lot. And they mean it. But it’s often not the whole story.
My Intentional 3-step Bass Warm-up Before every gig, every session, every practice, I run the same short bass warm-up. It’s not random. It does three
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My Reflections from a Nashville gig at Fiddle and Pick Sunday afternoon, I played bass behind a roomful of violin students at a Nashville spot
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My marketing team reviewed my Starting Point Quiz this week. Their feedback?“It’s too academic.”“Lead with pain points.”“Make it lighter.” They’re not wrong. I could write you a
Effective Bass Practice: Practice with a Purpose Here’s something I keep having to relearn: When you’re not having an effective bass practice, the answer is
Why is practicing with a drum machine not the same as practicing with a metronome or click? Both have their place. They just train different
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